Recognition, relevance and renewal: reframing perspectives on entrepreneurship and networking through Aboriginal worldviews

Abstract

This thesis examines the influence of ontology on the theorisation and practice of entrepreneurship and networking. Research was conducted through in-depth interviews, most of which were undertaken with Aboriginal entrepreneurs, two literature reviews, participant observation, and a field journal. Research findings contribute to a ‘grander narrative’ of entrepreneurship, which recognises how entrepreneurship continues to be practised in a variety of settings and by a range of people whose ontologies have been marginalised within capitalist societies.